…if the hack takes the shape of a ransomware attack one might expect a costly claw at business profits.
According to Sophos, there are seven uncomfortable truths of endpoint security. Before we explore such irksome realities, let’s breakdown the geek speak on what endpoint security is and what it is not.
What are “Endpoints?”
Endpoints are not split ends on a bad hair day, nor are they inch-long chilli-red nail tips bejewelled with sparkling diamanté. They’re not even full stops at the ends of paragraphs.
Strangely though, they do share a curious affinity with what potentially unfolds when a cyberattack occurs at your IT network’s pointy ends.
Impacts to business profitability
As any IT manager will attest — a cyberattack through an endpoint could spark a serious bad hair day.
If the hack takes the shape of a ransomware attack, one might expect a costly claw at business profits; if the incursion is sophisticated and targeted, without proper IT protection security in place, it’s guaranteed to bring your business to a screeching halt.
Decipher the geek speak
So what do tech geeks mean when they refer to “endpoint security”? And what really are “endpoint detection responses” or EDR?
It’s this. Any device that connects your IT network to the internet is deemed an endpoint.
Acting as gates to the internet, phones, tablets and servers lacking adequate protection from security solutions are highly vulnerable to attack.
Wrestling with roadblocks
UK-based software intelligence and security surveillance firm Sophos commissioned independent think tank Vanson Bourne to survey over 3000 IT managers worldwide.
They gained a deep insight into the roadblocks IT teams routinely confront struggling to secure their organisations from cyberattack.
The investigation also explored the experience of IT managers and teams with endpoint detection response technologies.
Telling it like it is
Here’s the seven red flags waved following Vanson Bourne’s global probe:
Truth #1 — It is now the norm to be a cyberattack victim.
Truth #2 — IT teams lack visibility into attacker dwell time.
Truth #3 — IT teams can’t plug their security gaps because they don’t know what they are.
Truth #4 — Organisations lose 41 days each year investigating non-issues.
Truth #5 — Four out of five organisations are struggling with threat detection and response due to lack of security expertise.
Truth #6 — More than half of organisations don’t see the value of their EDR solutions.
Truth #7 — Once bitten, twice shy — cyber victims learn the hard way.
Reach out to Cicom® for Sophos gold medal solutions
Are any of these troublesome truths niggling at you or your IT network?
Ask us for a security audit and choose a graceful transition toward well managed IT solutions and implementation of an endpoint detection security response. Our Sophos collaborative cyber security tools are the new gold standard in your endpoint security defence plans.
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Read more on endpoint security and detection responses in the Sophos white paper.
Seven uncomfortable truths of endpoint security.pdf